True Affection2 months agoMy(28M) partner(28F) has given up on our relationship and wants to end things because of family conflicts Family I(28M) met my partner about 10 months back, and hit it off. She is a South Indian, I am Punjabi. We told our parents, the first meet was good, then we had a roka(mini-engagement types) about 2 months back. The parents have had great differences since the roka. My partner lives in a different city with her parents. Her dad was rude to my mom, and he is very straightforward. Her parents have somehow never liked me, nor my family, and she has consistently fought for me. We still reached the wedding discussion phase. Recently, her father requested that the dates of the wedding get changed, a month after dates were finalized, with a very unbelievable reason that all venues are booked. My dad got skeptical, and told him what’s the reason to ‘lie about it’, and that he has lied 4-5 times for the date change. This hit my partner, she heard the conversation, and lost faith and respect for my family. There have been other such conversations to top it up. She says she has lost respect for my family. On the other hand, I also called uncle, to understand what’s the situation and if I can help him to switch the dates. He got furious that I am cross questioning me, and shouted on me. This event made my partner lose trust in me, saying that I should have trusted her father and her. In all these events, she saw her father cry, which she has never seen in a long time. I apologised deeply to her for my and my parents behaviour, but she almost gave up on the relationship on call. We haven’t met in about 2 months, since the Roka. I am shit scared about the situation. I have deeply apologised to her. I feel both my parents and her parents are wrong. Shots have been fired equally from both sides, while her dad is very stubborn and rude, my dad was outspoken and humiliating. She called me today, I apologised profusely, but she insisted that we end the relationship. I asked her to visit me so that we can discuss in person, and asked for more time. I absolutely love her, and feel that she is the right woman. I feel like a hole in my heart with all this situation and have absolutely no clue what to do next. Please help.19
True Affection2 months agoMy bf is super duper clingy, whenever he has to leave he never wants to and he always wants to spend so much time with me and do whatever he can to do that. He always tells me he loves me even when the topic is completely unrelated. But honestly? I’m also that clingy too. I really do love him and never expected to actually have someone that loves me like that, but I’m wondering if anyone else has this.27
True Affection2 months agoMy (27F) boyfriend (29M) can’t get it up and refuses to see a professional. We’ve been together for over a year. He’s physically healthy, successful at a demanding job, and we understand each other so well. I’m almost convinced he’s the one for me for life. Except for one small issue: He’d been having issues getting it up ever since we met. At first, he told me he was nervous, so I didn’t think much of it. However, it never got better and after some careful probing, it sounds like he’s gotten to a point where he finds it hard to get turned on enough to anything except porn. He says it’s because he spent quite a few years too busy with work to date and resorted to porn as a quick fix. We still try, but out of every 10 times, we get maybe 1 success, 3-4 reasonable starts (promising, but it doesn’t stay up for more than a minute or so), and 5-6 times we just straight up give up. I try to understand, I really do. But I only have so many “it’s okay”s and “don’t worry”s in me before I inevitably feel incredibly hurt and rejected. I mean, he’s in his 20s and I’m a real-life woman he claims to love. How is it supposed to make me feel when he can’t get intimate with me but turns around and gets off to porn? He also refuses to see a professional because he says this is something he can work through on his own. I don’t want to give up on this yet, because everything else in the relationship is so great. But at the same time I’m at a point where I excuse myself to the bathroom to cry about once every week. Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this? Has anyone had similar experiences and came out the other side?240
True Affection2 months agoI’m 42F and my husband (49M) have been married for nine months. He has children from two previous marriages and I do not have any children. I’ve been feeling increasingly controlled and frustrated in our marriage and I’ve been thinking about walking away. I used to weigh over 300 pounds. Prior to meeting him I lost 120 pounds with just diet and exercise. I was open to plastic surgery and getting some of my loose skin removed. I felt like my husband completely took over despite my wishes on what I wanted. He arranged several cosmetic procedures that I wasn’t entirely comfortable with, but since he was paying, I just went along with it. I felt very pressured into getting larger than I wanted breast implants. After it’s all said and done I feel like this is his version on what I should look like. I’m starting to feel like his lack of boundaries extends to every part of my life. While recovering from surgery, I am working remotely from home. I’m sitting on the couch in a bathrobe not looking and feeling my best and my husband insisted on sending this picture to my boss (who he has met one time) to let him know what a hard worker I am. He was adamant about sending it. Finally, after the eighth or ninth NO he finally backed off. This kind of behavior is part of a larger pattern. He constantly crosses boundaries and ignores my feelings, framing everything as caring or helping. Whether it’s about my appearance, my career, or how I spend my free time, he inserts himself in decisions that should be mine alone. I feel like he does not see me as an individual but somebody he can use to fit his preferences. I’m exhausted, embarrassed, and I don’t really have a plan201
True Affection2 months agoLast November, I (M30) married my wife (F29) after being together for 10 years. Around that time, I started a new job that came with a significant increase in workload. In addition to my full-time job, I continued running my side business and handled home and car repairs. We were making more money, and I bought her a $13K breast augmentation in February. We also planned a $10K honeymoon to Tahiti in June, which was amazing.228